Deserving
Deserving adjective - Having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward.
Reputed and deserving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reputed" instead an adjective "Deserving".
Nearby Words: deserved, deservedly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- good and deserving
- good and reputed
- correct and deserving
- correct and reputed
- proper and deserving
- proper and reputed
- reputable and deserving
- reputable and reputed
- creditable and deserving
- creditable and reputed
- estimable and deserving
- estimable and reputed
- honorable and deserving
- honorable and reputed
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Reputed and Deserving. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserving/reputed
Deserving & Reputed. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserving/reputed>.
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